The Sign of Four (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140439072 ISBN 13: 9780140439076

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2001

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As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'

Biografía del autor

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where he qualified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame, with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. He was also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals. Peter Ackroyd is a writer of novels including, 'Milton in America' and 'Hawksmoor', and of biographies of Chatterton, Dickens, William Blake and Thomas More.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140439072
• ISBN 13: 9780140439076
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Herausgeber: Glinert Ed